Feasibility analysis of preferred provider organizations.
Hospital management frequently considers diversification into Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) as a strategy for responding to intense competition for patients. The author presents a feasibility analysis framework for determining the potential success of such an action. Knowledge of this technique allows nursing executives to significantly contribute to the work of committees overseeing these analyses.
Jones
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UCLA School of Nursing.
D003657:Decision Making; D004465:Economic Competition; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006040:Goals; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States